BILL REQ. #:  Z-0739.1 

Read first time 01/16/12.   Referred to Committee on Environment.

     AN ACT Relating to correcting technical statutory cross-references in previous private infrastructure development legislation for certain provisions relating to regulatory fees for wastewater companies; amending RCW 80.04.580; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 80.04.580 and 2011 c 214 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Every wastewater company subject to regulation by the commission must, on or before the date specified by the commission for filing annual reports under RCW 80.04.080, pay to the commission a regulatory fee.
     (2) The commission must assess such regulatory fees in amounts sufficient for the commission to recover the commission's actual and reasonable costs of supervising and regulating wastewater companies.
     (3) Any payment of a fee assessed under this section made after the due date must include a late fee of two percent of the amount due.
     (4) Delinquent fees accrue interest at the rate of one percent per month.
     (5) The provisions of RCW ((80.04.030, 80.04.040, and 80.04.050)) 80.24.030, 80.24.040, and 80.24.050 apply to regulatory fees for wastewater companies.
     (6) The commission is authorized and empowered to adopt and issue rules and regulations to implement this section, including establishing the methodologies and procedures for developing, assessing, and collecting fees under this section.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act takes effect July 1, 2012.